BAES 65: The Nicotine Wars

The Ben and Emil Show

Ben and Emil

Comedy

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The nicotine wars are here, and they're heating up. With the rise in popularity of Zyn, the demand for nicotine pouches is only going up. This week we've got John Coogan, co-founder of Zyn competitor LUCY. John is remarkably well-versed on the history of the nicotine industry and spares no detail in bringing us up to speed on the fascinating business of giving people a sweet little nicotine buzz. Leave a comment to be featured as the comment of the week next week! And also, like this video, please! Thank you! Head to https://benandemilshow.com for this week's bonus episode and to support the show! :) __ LUMEN: Lumen is the world’s first handheld metabolic coach. It’s a device that measures yourmetabolism through your breath. And on the app, it lets you know if you’re burning fat orcarbs, and gives you tailored guidance to improve your nutrition, workouts, sleep, andeven stress management. If you want to take the next step in improving your health, go tolumen.me/BAES toget 15% off your Lumen! __ This episode was shot and edited by Connor Rousseau / @ conrad_roussrad Follow us on instagram! @ benandemilshow @ bencahn @ emilderosa and @ conrad_roussrad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey gang, welcome back to another riveting episode of the Ben and Emile show.
0:04.7	We've got a special guest today.
0:06.3	We have a very fun episode.
0:08.0	Yeah, we got a really fun inform, it's really fascinating, informative episode, so stick around to the area. We're talking all about kind of the new nicotine
0:17.1	industry. Yeah. So the way this came about obviously the the zinn shortage has been a major
0:26.4	a major headline that we've all seen for a while and you guys are all aware of
0:30.3	the zinternet and the zinflu Yeah, and so we had the opportunity to interview
0:37.0	one of the founders of Lucy.
0:39.9	Lucy, which is a rival company to ZIN.
0:43.4	They make gum and they make nicotine pouches and stuff.
0:47.4	And before we get right into it,
0:49.4	we just wanted to disclose that this is not in any way
0:52.4	like a product placement or a paid partnership with them.
0:57.0	It's just a, we had the opportunity, he's a really interesting, well-informed guy.
1:00.8	He knows his stuff about the industry and really knows his stuff.
1:02.8	Wanted to hear more about how it all came to be.
1:07.4	Yeah. So without further ado, here's the interview with John Coogan Tell me what's going on.
1:23.0	So isn't enough to bend me?
1:27.0	Tell me what's going on.
1:29.0	Tell me what's going on.
1:30.0	Tell me what's gone on. All right.
1:38.0	All right. John, thank you very much for coming on. We've got a very special guest.
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